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Single noun: In this form the adjective is neither an entire sentence nor a quasi sentence (phrase). The single noun can be either singular, dual, or plural. Consider the following examples (please read from right to left):

You may notice from the above mentioned examples that the adjective might be a single noun (i.e. not a sentence or a phrase) and in this case it can be singular, dual, or plural. Please notice that the Arabic word (مُفرَد) means single and singular. Therefore if you read an Arabic grammatical text you have to understand the difference between them from the context.

The single noun adjective is the only type that can be signed with evident grammatical signs (đammah, fatħah, and kasrah), because each of the other two types is not a single word.

The phrasal adjective (quasi sentence):

We learnt the quasi sentence when we studied the types of the predicate (lesson 58), and when we studied the types of the status (lesson 71).

In this type, the adjective consists of two words, but they are not a complete sentence. Therefore this type is neither a single word nor a complete sentence, rather it is a phrase (quasi sentence). It can be formed in two different ways: (preposition + a genitive noun) or (adverb + a genitive noun) as follows:

a-The prepositional phrase (preposition + a genitive noun): This type is called in Arabic (الجار والمجرور). Consider the following examples:

b-The circumstantial phrase (adverb + genitive noun): We studied the adverbs of time and the adverbs of place in lesson 69. We learnt that the noun after each of them is in the genitive case, and the adverb with the following noun forms a circumstantial structure (quasi sentence). This phrase can be a part of the sentence (as a predicate or a quasi sentence). The following table shows some examples of the adjective when it is a circumstantial phrase:

In the above mentioned examples you may notice that the described noun is an indefinite noun, because the circumstantial phrase is considered in Arabic indefinite, so it cannot be an adjective related to a definite described noun.

You may also notice that the adjective phrase is not signed with any of the grammatical signs which we see on the single nouns. Therefore the sign of the declension of the phrasal adjective is supposed (virtual).

The adjective sentence: As we learnt in lesson 58 about the predicate sentence, and in lesson 71 about the status sentence, we learn now the adjective sentence. The adjective can be an entire sentence (nominal or verbal) under the condition that the described noun is an indefinite noun (the same condition as we studied in the phrasal adjective). Consider the following examples (please read from right to left):

In the above mentioned examples you may notice that the adjective sentence is always related to an indefinite described noun. If the described noun in any similar structure is definite, the following sentence will be a status sentence, not adjective sentence. Please compare the two following structures:

The verbal sentence here is an adjective sentence because it follows an indefinite noun

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